… it doesn’t get any better than this. (Alps over Lake Léman, View from My Office Window)
Feb 222012
Feb 082012
Things are getting out of control lately. So much so, I’m posting these photos I found laying around my computer since November. That’s Mr. Wild Dingo there on Lake Léman with les loups. This past month, I’ve been helping out with the story telling at Mango Minster. I don’t know how Mango’s DOH does it. Just the [...]
Jan 252012
I found this photo that Mr. Wild Dingo took while he was home for three weeks over the winter holidays. He spoiled the dogs with attention and broke all the household rules. He walked with us every day and got a real appreciation of the work that’s truly required for these two. And now I [...]
Jan 182012
Like the rest of the Western world, there’s no snow in Switzerland. We saw this light dusting just before the holidays. Mr. Wild Dingo was on vacation and had the pleasure of a freshly fallen snow walk with the cracker and the criminal in the forest. ***
Dec 282011
By the end of the day, that Santa the subject of a Formosan-Siberian Tug-0-War. The Formosan ended up with the red jacket and the Sibe took the naked Santa as her prize.
Nov 212011
I have this rule. Remember it? No Dogs On the Bed. No seriously. I have it. But everyone knows, rules are made to be broken, right? Only somepups in this house think they can be the breaker of that rule. Loki for example has taken to pacing around our bed each night for 5 or [...]
Oct 112011
Aging. It’s what happens when you least expect it. One day you’re full of joie de vivre, the next, you’re pureéing fruits and vegetables and making green smoothies because your digestive system went on strike. It’s so not fair. I don’t even have dentures.
Aug 042011
That’s the usual tongue-in-cheek comment that follows when you tell the Swiss you’re not Swiss. A year ago, I couldn’t get within 500 feet of a pasture of grazing horses or cows without an explosion of histrionics from Loki. Yesterday, I called them back to me when I saw a horseback rider approach during one of our off-leash [...]
Jun 292011
“Oh la la! Les loups,” claims a woman. She was talking about us. Because it seems perfectly normal for two human beings to walk into a quiet lakeside town in Switzerland on a Sunday morning for a picnic brunch with wolves on the end of their leashes. If you aren’t sporting a lap dog, a labrador or golden retriever, then [...]
May 132011
Sometimes I forget just how well-behaved these two really are. I witness their foibles daily and know just how imperfect they are. Then one day, one person, whose opinion actually matters tells me “they’re well-trained dogs,” and I realize all that work we did and still do is not for naught.
May 052011
Loki and Juno are forging new friendships and found a great hiking pal in Marley who is also an American ex-pat. We got together with Marley and his Mom for a hike in the parks and hills above Lausanne at Chalet Gobet. Ah gee! Another chalet and another set of gorgeous parks and woods to hike [...]
Apr 272011
I have itchy, watery eyes.
Mar 082011
I’m no green thumb. It’s true. But since I’m now cooking quite heavily and enjoy using fresh herbs over dried, TravelMarx encouraged me to try caring for and growing some herbs, because what’s the worst that can happen, right? I mean, I’ve had the dogs for almost three years now and for better or worse, they [...]
Feb 242011
Mr. Wild Dingo is due home tomorrow. Hopefully he’ll either note that Juno and Loki have lost a little weight and he won’t be tempted to give them too many treats or he’ll note that Juno and Loki have not lost a little weight and he won’t be tempted to give them too many treats. [...]
Feb 012011
“I do not have Junk in my Trunk Juno!” “Do too! Big Boy!”
Jan 272011
There is no story, just a few photos of this and that over the past month. When our friends were here we visited the cathedral in Lausanne. It was nighttime, so I didn’t have to risk being kicked out. Another embarassing moment averted.
Jan 242011
Someone in this house is still on California time. I’m not naming names, but it seems someone thinks winter is over and spring is here. Even though I dress like the Michelin man in this miserably cold climate myself and the other is forced to wear a fleece coat. This photo being the last of a [...]
Jan 192011
Mr. Wild Dingo and I took a walk into Morges on Sunday evening at sunset. It was bitter cold so we tried out Loki’s new coat. It was fairly easy to put on him, and he seemed happy enough to wear it, until it was time to go on the walk. He refused to leave [...]
Jan 122011
As long time readers know, this fall, I introduced the cracker and the criminal to farm animals. The Swiss love to move their animals around to different locations for grazing so it’s always a surprise to come across a herd of goats and donkeys or bulls in a place that’s always been empty. “Princess, LOOK [...]
Since we moved to Switzerland, pack dynamics have changed a bit. Juno’s hips have gotten a bit worse and she isn’t as likely to play rough with Loki anymore. I’m sure it bums out Loki not to have a really rough tumble anymore. Still, he’s bit of an idiot bully with her and tends to push her [...]
